Still no probe of possible Kosovo mass grave
An EULEX spokesperson said that the EU mission was preparing for establishing the location of a possible mass grave site. The location is believed to be in the vicinity of the central Kosovo town of Obilic, and to contain the remains of killed Serbs and other non-Albanians.
(KosovoCompromise Staff) Friday, August 27, 2010
"The EULEX team within the Department of Forensic Medicine (former Office on Missing Persons and Forensics) is currently in the preparatory stage for the beginning of the assessment of the site," Irina Gudeljevic told Tanjug.
The Serbian government Commission on Missing Persons insists that EULEX should start the search of the terrain in the vicinity of the town of Obilic, central Kosovo, or more precisely, of the the Belacevac mine site, President of the body Veljko Odalovic told Tanjug.
"We will assume that any further postponement represents an obstruction, because we believe there is no reason for the delay," Odalovic said.
He announced that a session of the Belgrade-Pristina Joint Working Group for missing persons will be held in Belgrade today, at which the Belacevac issue will be one of the topics.
Belgrade also insists on searching a site at the Kosara village on the border with Albania, of Lake Livocko near the city of Gnjilane in eastern Kosovo, and of the area of Suva Reka, a town in southern Kosovo.
The list of the Serbian government commission now comprises a total of 533 persons, of the total number of 1,300 persons that have been gone missing before, during and after the Kosovo war.
According to the authorities in Belgrade and Pristina, another 1,873 missing persons are still being searched for in Kosovo.
